*OFFICIAL THREAD: Nokia N97

I told you! LOL. It's funny because the other night I showed my girl a picture of the N97 in both colors and she hardly blinked at the black one but loves the white one. We both agreed that there is something kinda feminine about it tho. Sony Ericsson ruined white phones for everyone when they used to make those ridiculous looking white phones with the belt loop thingy. I'm glad so many people want the white one tho, there won't be any shortage of black ones LOL.

P.S. The screen still looks fake in photos and on video. I put my finger on it tho, it looks really fake on the black one but only kinda fake on the white one. I'm sorry but I'm used to the screen flickering constantly on my E71 LOL
 
As long as the UI is that fast as on the videos i don't care what it got inside. Features and looks are perfect + qwerty on N series(at one point i wouldn't have thought that will happen ever). Interesting to see what they still got stored for the Mobile World Congress.
So now starts the waiting game :D
 
Symbian Foundation is Nokia's way of putting Symbian out to die. Symbian can't be made any more developer friendly without a complete overhaul. I've posted a graphic, from Nokia, which shows how many layers sit on top of the Symbian kernel and how many layers code has to go through to get anything done. It's klunky, it's old, and it's not fixable.

The future, or what future Nokia has, is Maemo.
 
Maybe they just want the bigger screen, better camera, and way more storage.

Which posters want it to be different? A few people who apparently dislike it, but also aren't getting N97. Seems like the posters who do like 5800 or those who don't care about that and just want the features that N97 provides.

Eldar himself mentions those most likely to buy are:

1) People who bought and liked 5800
2) Those who didn't buy 5800 but wanted a keyboard
3) Technophiles who want the new gadget and like the features
4) People who buy the Nokia flagship because it's the flagship and don't care about functionality (IOW, the fanboys)

There is some overlap between groups, but not everyone falls into multiples. Couple guys around here are trying to pidgeonhole everyone into the last group. I'm a more 3 with a little bit of 2. Nokia failed too often in certain categories to ever get me before.
 
I know this is not the iPhone 3.0 thread (so don't point it out to me!) but we could also complain that it was time for 64Gb. Man, it's soooooo annoying to have to delete a season of "Entourage" when I want to include a season of "The Office" on my iPod Touch!!!!
 
I very much agree with him on his point about the N97 not excelling anywhere. E90 users will still prefer the keyboard on their E90, music lovers will still love the quality of the 5800XM, camera enthusiasts will still prefer the N82 or look forward to the Satio, and touch screen fanatics will still be all over the iPhone. It very much a jack of all trades, master of none like the N95, but even the N95 had its own unique set of features when it came out.

I also agree with him not having it on his top 5 phones list for June '09, especially since he was factoring in the price/value ratio. The N97 is still a good/great phone, but not $6-700 worth considering all the other devices in his list that excel in specific areas the N97 doesn't.
 
Yeah but not everyone will flip out a side keyboard to enter one or two words into a google search box. Even for simple one off SMS probably not. It comes into play when you want to send an e-mail or have a "conversation" via SMS.

Personally I use a phone as phone and a netbook as a netbook. So you won't find me sitting down with a flipped out keyboard on a phone for 30 mins. I keep it short and sweet on a phone. Definitely won't be walking around with an open mini netbook in my hands.

I won't deny that it does have the exact form factor of a touch E90. The outside keys being replaced by touch T9. IMHO that touch T9 while not great is the best input method on the 5800. So I would kill for that portrait keyboard/keypad to have iPhone like touch keyboard quality. Just fix that one thing.
 
I think that some of you guys who chose this color over the white are not gonna be happy campers when you finally have it in your hands. This thing is not even black.
The white looks soooo much better IMO:

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